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Word: alai (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mexico City suburb of Coyoacan, not far from the house where Leon Trotsky was mortally hacked, stands a 25-acre, walled-in estate packed with recreations for a hearty body: a jai alai court, swimming pool, tennis court, club house with reducing machine, paths winding among citrus trees and flower beds, Turkish bath, barbershop, and seven residences for family and guests. Last week this estate was put up for sale for 52,000 pesos ($10,842), about one-tenth its assessed value. The sale and the cheap price symbolized the decline of a hope: the estate was the property...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Wages of Defeat | 10/28/1940 | See Source »

...Hialeah, three dog-tracks and one jai-alai (Cuban handball) fronton in the Miami gambling area, betters on a single "poor Monday" last week wagered $800,000; since the winter season opened had poured in a record $25,000,000 (including the takes at both Hialeah and Tropical Park horsetracks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLORIDA: Pleasure Dome | 2/19/1940 | See Source »

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